Campus Links

MnSCU Board of Trustees Resolution
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees passed a resolution in March of 2010 in support of member campus efforts to become smoke and/or tobacco free. This site has a summary of board actions, with the information about this resolution about two-thirds of the way down the page.

National Center for Tobacco Policy
This website has a wealth of resources related to tobacco policy, and tobacco free campus efforts. The Co-Director of the Center is Ty Patterson, who has worked as consultant with BSU on our process.

TobaccoFreeU
This website has a wealth of resources related to tobacco free campus initiatives, assessment and evaluation strategies, and programming.

Information about Smokeless Tobacco
The National Cancer Institute (part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health) presents a page on the harmful effects of smokeless tobacco.

Additional Information about e-cigarettes
The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy presents a page voicing concerns from public health experts about the use of e-cigarettes, and cites a number of resources.

2010 College Student Health Survey Results - Tobacco Use(PDF)
BSU works with the Boynton Health Service at the University of Minnesota to administer the College Health Student Survey annually. This document summarizes the results regarding tobacco use by Bemidji State Students from the survey conducted in 2009-2010.

U.S. Surgeon General's Website
On December 9, 2010, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin issued a report entitled "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease." This site has links to the full report, as well as a fact sheet and a short video with a message from Dr. Benjamin.

2004 Harvard School of Public Health Study
The link provides the press release for a 2004 Harvard study on college smoking. In the 2004 College Alcohol Study, Harvard explored the effects of tobacco promotions on college student smoking.

2001 Harvard School of Public Health Study
The link provides the press release for a 2001 Harvard study on college smoking. Within the press release are links to several studies related to college student smoking, residence halls, and prevention programs.